Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li

Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Kiʻiʻoniʻoni, Wikiō a me Hoʻonaninani Competition Category.

KeleaweKiʻiʻoniʻoni· 2019

Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula

by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li

Client: Centre for Arts and Design, University of Macau, Macao

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Kiʻiʻoniʻoni Category

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The Design

About Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula

Ma o ke kiʻi kiʻi ʻana i nā kukui o ka papa e noho ana ma ke alanui ma hope o ke aumoe i ka wā ʻoluʻolu ke kūlanakauhale nui, e makemake ana kēia wikiō wikiō e hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻike ʻo Macao, kahi penikala kūloko ma ke kūkulu hema o China e kokoke ana iā Hong Kong. I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a me ka nīnau ʻana i ka pono hoʻokele waiwai i loko o ke kūlanakauhale kaulana i ka ʻoihana lawaiʻa, hana kēia hana i ka poʻe ʻimi i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ʻano hohonu o ke ola a me ka hauʻoli.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Near Light Wikiō Wikiō A Me Ka Hula i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Through capturing imagery of floating lights on streets after midnight when the busy city was calming down, this video animation aspires to evoke a nostalgic sensibility for Macao, a tranquil peninsula in southern China near Hong Kong. As a reflection and questioning to the prosperous economic development in a city well-known for gambling industry, this work provokes the audiences into the search of the meaning of life.
Dimensions & Packaging: This work could be a video for a show/screening only or could include dance in a multimedia performance with LED panel on stage or within a museum/gallery installation.
Tags: art video, music video, video animation, multimedia show, synthesis of video animation and dance
Production Technology: Video footages filmed with a Canon 5DSR and edited in Adobe Premiere for the animation. This work could also include dancers in a multimedia performance.
Design Challenge: Capturing the floating lights on street and matching images/animation with music to creative the desired mood. The incorporation of dancers in the production is also a big challenge.
Research: This work is a multimedia video animation for screening and show, but it could also be part of a multimedia dance performance with a large LED panel on stage or within a gallery/museum installation. Through manipulation of the manual focus function during filming, a dreamy effect is captured to reveal a nostalgic sensation. The video footages will then be edited to match the musical texture. In the performance, dancers added another layer of meaning to the video animation and together created a touching performance on stage.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the project came from experiencing the transformation of Macao from a peaceful peninsula to a metropolitan city. As Reinsley Husson wrote in a review of Near Light: "Every life is heading towards an unknown destination - a journey of tragedies and triumphs that ultimately allows us to discover the world, and more importantly, ourselves."
Project Duration: 04:35, Lightscape: A Synthesis of Video Animation and Dance,
University of Macau, Macao, 2018
Operation Flow: This work could be a video for a show/screening only or could include dance in a multimedia performance with a large LED panel on stage or within a museum/gallery installation.
Patents: Lampo Leong, 2018
Team Members: Lampo Leong (Directer and Videographer)
Yves Etienne Sonolet (Animation and video)
Ólafur Arnalds (Music)
Zhihou Li (Choreography)
Dance Troupe of the University of Macau (Dancers)
Image Credits: Image #1: Artistic Director Lampo Leong, Photographer Hengchia Hsu, 2018
Image #2: Artistic Director Lampo Leong, Photographer Tiantian Huan, 2018
Image #3: Artistic Director Lampo Leong, Photographer Tiantian Huan, 2018
Image #4: Artistic Director / Photographer Lampo Leong, 2018
Image #5: Artistic Director / Photographer Lampo Leong, 2018